Adzing-machine for railroad cross-ties.



J w. WARREN.

ADZING MACHINE FOR RAILROAD CROSS TIES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8. i018.

1,300,064. Patented Apr. 8,1919.

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y I W. WARREN.

-ADZING MACHINE FOR RAILROAD CROSS TIES.

Patented 8, 1919.

APPLICATION FILED LUNE 8.1918.

JWII'LLIAMEWARREN, on imnsns srry, MissoUnI. f

To aZZ whom t may conceive." 1 f` f -Be it known :that-1, J WnLrAM WARREN; a citizen ofthe United States,y residing` at Kansas City; inthe countyo-f Jackson and 1 State '.of Missori'g'have inventedl V:new and useful Improve'ments-v in A'dzing-Machines for- Railroad Cross'llies,` of which the fol# lowing isa specification, z i i In the maintenance of railway 'road-beds it rhas beenV found inlpractice thatafter the'l` rails 'have been laidr for a timefthe Tweight and 'pressure' `of the trains yupon the rails causes the latterto sinkinto" the surfacesof the cross Aties' more at the Youter edges of the rail foot than at the 'inner edges so 'that the rails areiin'clined kslightlyoutwardY toward theirv ltread portions, and` itgjis @the object of'thisinvention to providealfsimple and relatively inexpensive machinel which may be usedA readily by steel gangsand jre#W Vpair men in correcting this evilby providing rail seats in the tieswhieh will serverather to cause an inward' inclination of ther-failsr toward their treadfportions, said rmachine being suchfas' te be readily moved along the track from tie to'ftie and operated .with a minimum of,l effort and an accuracy in the formation of the rail seat without,calling of the operator. y

Further objects and, advantages will appear in the course of the following description, it beingv understood thaty changes' in form, proportion and c details may. beresorted to, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing rfrom the spirit of the invention. v

In the drawings.; j I v Y Figure 1 is a plan view of a machine einbodying the invention.

Fig.'2 is a front Viewy of the Fig. 3 is a side view. j

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a portion of the front end of the'machine upon the plane indicated bythe line la of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a similar sectional view uon-the plane indicated by the line 5--f5 of Fig. 4.

Figs. 6 and 7 are detailed side and edge views of a cutter disk.

Fig. 8 is a View of a cross tie showing atv same.

A the form of seat/which isproduced by. a

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The glld 1`0l1S 17, 0f which aplurality v may 'and Y preferably 'shouldf'f'bei employed,

for any special mechanical skill on the'part mitwaraineunatmn of the mii awarding Y l f treadportion.l

The illustrated "machine consists fr essenf tiallyof Eaj'ma'in orsupporting frame having sidebeams u10 and cross beams lllupon'which iserected'an upriglitffframel2 having 'stand-f l ards `13, cross bars,.14 and spacers ,15, said frame being provided' at ione .en'd with* flanged supporting wheels 16 adal'itedfto traverse' `the track raifl'a'tV one'side of the road-tbed'jaiidprovidedatfthelother end withA 1 guide 'rolls l'for traversing a trackrailV or anYfher suitable support'at the other side Y 70 of the' road-bed. The :cutter 18 which lis in general construction of truncolconical'form` isffcarried'byfa shaft j19 mounted `in suitable bearings'upon thecross beams ofthefra'me 'and"having apulley 20 through which fnotionE is.4 communicated to the shaft-Lfromfpan* engine 21 (gas or other motive power being Vsui'tablefin' thisconstructiom) by meansy of a vn belt Y22sV VPreferably thecutter'consists of a plurality eff disks 23 having undercutipe-f ripheral? teeth',l provided with :diagonal cutting" edgesrr as shown in vdetailed.' Figs. 6

are' mounted inV a carriervvframe 23 having terferencewith the cutter wheel, and said carrier frame is adjustable nvertically with ,referenceto-the mainn'supp/orting frame, so vasrto raise or lower the cutter wheel to pro-` extremities` of the adjusting bolts' being yswiveled by means of suitable gear 28-.inthe mainV or supporting frame.

tion' Vwith" reference to the. successive ties ya central. yoke 24 to pass over and avoid in#v vare` carried by said carrier frame, the lower which -are thereby providedwith inwardly 1 declining seats inclinedas at A. as shown in Figi. 8. .The guide rolls`17 traverseI a' suitable support such as the cross ties at the opposite side .of the road-bedffrom the' flanged wheels 16, and by meansl ofthe adjusting `devices above described the depth of 90 duce nthe desired depth of cut or seat the .cross tiejupon 'which the same is operating. vIn theconstructi'on illustrated this: adjust- In operation, the framef-is disposed with f a the fiangedwheels upon one rail ofthe track,r and is moved along from tie to tie yto successively 4bring the cutter into operative posi-v 2 'A Y Y Y 1,300,064

the seats in the cross ties may be properly gaged to suit the condition, and if necessary the adjustment of the depth of the ycutter may be eliected from-time to time in order to properly and accurately bed the rails andthus avoid the auxiliary tampingvvhich is frequently necessary inthe operation of setting a rail.'V A

It Will be obvious moreover, from the foregoingdescription that armachine as indif cated may be constructed at a comparatively small cost,j and in .thel event loi injury to one o rlanother of the disksv of the cutter, the injured disk may be removed and replaced atsmall expense, and also thediskfmay be removed .for the purpose offsharpening the teeth thereof.

el. YA machine of the class described having a supporting kframe provided at one end Ywith flanged track railA traversing Wheels and at the other end Withv supporting and guiding rolls, arotary cross tie adzing tool 'mounted upon said V:Erame'at the end adj acent to saidguiding rolls, means for operating said tool, and means fory adjusting Ythe supporting frame relative to said .guiding` rolls .tovary the., depth of the cut-of said tool.'

. 2. A machine ofthe class described hav- A ing a ,supporting frame provided at one end With flanged rail traversingrwheelaa .guide frame arranged alt the Yother end of the supporting rameand having guide rollersrfo'r traversing a stationary support, a rotary ers for contact with a4 stationary support,

and an adzingtool mounted upon the supporting frame, means Afor operating said tool, and adjusting devices for the carrier frame consisting of feed screws mounted in nuts on the guide frame and swiveled inv said supporting frame for relatively moving the carrierand supporting frame to vary the depth of the cut of said tool.

4. A machine 0f the class described having a frame and supporting means mounted thereon, the supporting means at one end of said frame being adjustable vertically to lvary lthe elevation of the adjacent end of 'said frame, a trunco-conlcal adzing tool having its shaft mounted upon the frame and consisting of a plurality of disks provided with peripheral cutting teeth for contact with the surface of a railroad cross tie, and

means for operating the shaft of said tool.

, In testimony whereofv IalX my signature.

.l WILLIAM WARREN'.

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